Sticky Fingers

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1a Phillimore Gardens,
Kensington,
London,
W8 7QG

0872 148 4472
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Reviewer malaga
14/02/2009
My wife and I visited sticky fingers restaurant today and where looking forward to having some tasty ribs. The reviews on their Hickory Spare Ribs sounded quite genuine when they state: excellent, fresh, mouth watering Hickory Ribs.The waitress took our order and suggested we have a side salad to go with them. The ribs arrived but no salad, half way trough the meal a waiter asked to how was our food.

Before I had time to swallow he moved onto the next table with the same standard question. Once I had overcome the strugle to swallow my "Hickory Ribs with the Mouthwatering BQ Sauce" I called the waiter back, to offer a reply to his pre-rehersed, worn out, and over-used question, on " how's your meal sir"

Since you where so concerned to how is my meal, I will tell you: the ribs where dry and seemed to have been re-heated (numerous times), the sauce had evaperated and burnt, the meat from the ends of the ribs had shrivalled away leaving a burnt unsightly bone.

The meat itself had an odd taste and smell. Some uknown spice had been smothered over the ribs in an attempt to hide the very unpleasant and unusuall smell. The waiter's answer was: "I'm sorry but the cheff is not on duty today".

He made no attempt to replace the dish or to remove it from the bill altogether. He could see quite clearly that the ribs had not eaten and left on the plate. When the bill arrived they had the audacity to add 12.5% service charge. We will NOT be re-visiting this VERY STICKY ESTABLISHMENT EVER AGAIN>
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Reviewer Anonymous
21/05/2007
I was at Sticky Fingers with my wife and kids(12 and 14). They all ordered the award winning Burger (£9.40). They thought it was their best burger in many years (I ate one there more then 10 ears ago and it still looked the same). I had a ribeye steak and it tasted good. The wine (Shiraz) was great but expensive at £4.75 a glass.



Atmosphere: great if you're a Stones fan (which we are) - lots of memorabilia and music. Friendly staff too. Discount (20 per cent) for AA (Automobile Association) members which is a plus. Every Stonesfan should have visited at least once. Every normal person: it's like a Hard Rock Cafe.
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Reviewer Jodi446
18/09/2006
Love the Rolling Stones so naturally had to eat at Sticky Fingers. Was totally blown away by all the memorabilia, the staff were really informative and new all their facts. Skipped the Sticky Fingers starters and went straight to the sticky stack, it was huge and I couldn't get enough of it. Shared a sticky sundae for dessert and it was heaven. Couldn't of had a better time.
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Reviewer Anonymous
26/08/2004
We decided to eat at Sticky Fingers since I am a big stones fan. The atmosphere was great but our food was terrible. We sent our food back and asked for something else and they did with NO problem but still our food was not eatable. And we paid an equivalent of $65.00 US. Like I said we loved the atmosphere and did come back while we were in London just to hangout but spent our money elsewhere for the food. We were very disappointed.
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Reviewer Dave227
11/04/2004
This restaurant is one available to users of the Tesco Clubcard Deals scheme. After dining at most of the others, which were all excellent, we decided to give it a try. We expected something a bit special as it boasts Bill Wyman's ownership.



Arriving on a Saturday afternoon with my family of five, we were greeted by a friendly and efficient waitress. The ambience was a bit disappointing. If it wasn't for the Rolling Stones memorabilia on the walls Pizza Hut would beat it hands down. The brown varnished wooden tables are well worn and have no mats or covering of any kind.



We ordered a large starter to share, which was reasonably tasty but noting special (nachos with melted cheese etc). My youngest daughter ordered a kids meal; the main course of which was delivered at the same time as our starter. It was returned to the kitchen, with us left feeling awkward. When it returned with our main course it had obviously been reheated and looked even less appetising than on its first visit (overcooked burger in a plain bun with chips and a few bits of lettuce on the side).



As I don't eat meat I had taken the trouble to check the menu on the restaurant's web site. The menu offered a variety of fish dishes in a separate paragraph on the menu, along with other options. Sadly the fish section was no longer on the menu in the restaurant and I had to settle for a very bland veggie burger and chips.



My eldest daughter's burger was cooked rare, which she found inedible. It's not often we leave the pattern on the plate after a meal, but this time there was plenty of food for the kitchen staff to scrape into the bin.



Despite the very disappointing main course we decided to stick with it and enjoy a dessert. Unfortunately it wasn't to be. The menu was so long arriving we had to leave to return to our car on a meter.



Credit where it's due though: It must take real effort to maintain the authentic third world toilet facilities!

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